Decarbing kief

Curious how the butter tasted. I have made it with kief, but I just simmer it with the butter for 20 min or so to decarb rather than doing what you did. Tastes much better than using bud or trim, but the cannabis taste is still there.

And yeah, 8 grams for a batch of brownies is killin it dude. lol. I shoot for somewhere between .1 and .2g a dose. Not sure how many brownies you got, but I bet they are potent.

I get 15 per batch...
I really don't taste it too bad it works and it's a heck alot faster than using the crock pot..
The biggest hasstle is getting the dry ice.

Originally Posted by apothecarist

Curious how the butter tasted. I have made it with kief, but I just simmer it with the butter for 20 min or so to decarb rather than doing what you did. Tastes much better than using bud or trim, but the cannabis taste is still there.

And yeah, 8 grams for a batch of brownies is killin it dude. lol. I shoot for somewhere between .1 and .2g a dose. Not sure how many brownies you got, but I bet they are potent.

With a store premix, (Pilsbury or Ghiardelli) we only use 2-3 heaping teaspoons full and they turn out plenty potent. We also add it to the 1/3 cup veg oil it calls for and slow cook that over a dbl boiler for about 15 mins. If I remember right the temp of steam is about 212 degrees and this seems to work vey well for decarbing before we add it into the mix and bake. Another thing we learned was NOT to bake at the temps they list on the box...but instead bake at a lower 300-325 for a longer time. 8 grams of kief for a single batch? Holy smokes! What you can always do of course, is cut the brownies into smaller pieces, if you find they are too strong. That's another great thing about edibles...you can always tailor the dose to your specific needs.

Isn't kief decarboxylated simply by it drying out?

Originally Posted by Harrekin

Isn't kief decarboxylated simply by it drying out?

nope. Decarbing is done low and slow over time or with heat for a short time. You will be able to allow your keif to decarb if you let it sit out for a few days/weeks.. depends on temps.

here is a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dl613gGprE you should also see the cnd and cbn increase as well.

Originally Posted by cannabineer

You need temps above 220ºF for a usefully fast decarboxylation. You'll alter the odor profile some, but the cannabinoids will be pretty much the same. But 10 min at a true 220 will do the trick. cn

No shit?, I was always under the impression those temps would alter the THC structure...good to know though.

So I can heat press kief into hash at these temps as well?...been doing it at 150 previously.